MCI Unveils Hosted Solution to Better Manage Digital Media Content
September 08 2005 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MCI Combines IP Capabilities with ICF Media Platform to Deliver
First-of-its-Kind Managed Digital Solution AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
and ASHBURN, Va., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBC CONFERENCE
-- MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) today announced a first-of-its-kind
hosted digital media solution that enables companies to efficiently
manage, edit and securely distribute digital media content. MCI's
new ICF Media Platform Hosted Edition builds on the proven
capabilities of the ICF Media Platform family by adding hosting, IP
and security offerings from MCI. The new service is aimed at media
and entertainment companies with digital content production and
distribution needs. Using the ICF Media Platform workflow
capabilities, the solution can be tailored to customer needs,
including digital content aggregation and syndication to
next-generation Internet Protocol TV (IPTV), broadband TV and
mobile video platforms; remote rough-editing; content logging;
broadcast archiving and digital asset management; as well as
digital dailies. "The digital media marketplace is growing
exponentially and customers need a service-based digital media
production and distribution capabilities accessible from the Web,"
said Phill Lawson-Shanks, vice president of MCI's Digital Media
Technologies Group. "By combining the ICF Media Platform and MCI's
proven IP capabilities, MCI is delivering an end-to-end hosted
solution helping customers to reduce costs and gain efficiencies in
managing and distributing media content from virtually anywhere at
anytime." Ideal for wireless, broadband and IPTV operators as well
as broadcasters and post-production companies, MCI's ICF Media
Platform Hosted Edition enables customers to take advantage of the
intelligence and security within MCI's global IP network and
throughout its worldwide data center footprint. As a fully-managed
service hosted in MCI's world-class data centers, customers can
deploy a reliable, secure, scalable and high-performance solution
quickly and without the capital expense of building a dedicated
media infrastructure. Since content is stored centrally and
available globally, the ICF Media Platform Hosted Edition allows
customers to securely manage, edit and distribute media assets
using Web-enabled devices, thereby accelerating production cycles.
ICF Media Platform is also available as a software product offered
by MCI to be installed at the customer's premise. MCI's Digital
Media Technologies Group, which recently acquired the assets of
Interactive Content Factory (ICF), is dedicated to developing and
distributing end-to-end, digital media solutions for content
creators, producers, media outlets and entertainment and video
gaming organizations. The MCI Digital Media Technologies suite of
solutions provides companies with fully-managed IP-based digital
media service platform and end-to-end infrastructure well suited to
the management and production workflow of digital content creation
through a Web-based interface over an IP connection. MCI will
demonstrate its ICF Media Platform Hosted Edition at the IBC
Conference at the RAI Convention Centre in Amsterdam (Hall 1, Booth
546). About MCI, Inc. MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) is a leading global
communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective,
advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and
consumers. With one of the most expansive global IP backbones and
wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged
communications products and services that are the foundation for
commerce and communications in today's market. For more
information, go to http://www.mci.com/. DATASOURCE: MCI, Inc.
CONTACT: Janet Brumfield or Stefanie Scott of MCI, +1-800-644-NEWS
Web site: http://www.mci.com/
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